F1 technology articles on F1 Fanatic archive
Technical review: Italian Grand Prix 20th September 2010, 9:59
Guest writer John Beamer looks at the technical developments at the Italian Grand Prix. The fine balance involved in setting up a Formula 1 car was a major talking point at Monza as never before. It all revolved around the decisions teams had to make about whether to run their F-ducts or not – and [...]
No new engines left for Alonso while championship leader Webber has two 18th September 2010, 12:00
Heading into the final five races Fernando Alonso is at a disadvantage with his engines. He has no new engines left to use this season, while all his title rivals have at least one and Mark Webber has two. How will this affect the championship battle? See below for data on the teams’ engine use [...]
Technical review: Belgian Grand Prix 6th September 2010, 9:41
Superficially, Spa was a bit of a head-scratcher. Four weeks earlier, in Hungary, McLaren were 1.3 seconds off the pace of Red Bull. How was the Woking-based outfit able to more than claw back that deficit at Belgium – despite having had a mandatory two-week factory shut down between the races?
Technical review: German and Hungarian Grands Prix 17th August 2010, 19:31
Looking back on the technical developments from Hockenheim and the Hungaroring, here’s John Beamer. As Mark Webber said the list of accusations thrown at Red Bull is starting to look silly. First we had the trick ride height system, then illegal suspension fairings and now flexing front wings. In the midst of all this teams [...]
Technical review: British Grand Prix 19th July 2010, 7:00
Looking back on the technical developments from Silverstone, here’s John Beamer. Silverstone was always pegged as a Red Bull track and a 0.7s qualifying gap confirmed it as such. To see the RB6′s superiority one need look no further than Abbey where it had an astonishing 10mph exit speed advantage. That is why the rest [...]
McLaren and Ferrari hunting Red Bull: The F1 development race analysed 15th July 2010, 11:39
Red Bull clearly have fastest car in F1 at the moment. But McLaren and Ferrari have been relentless in their pursuit of the flying RB6s, bringing significant upgrades to the last two races. Have they been able to cut Red Bull’s lead? And what’s the balance of power among the rest of the teams? This [...]
Technical review: European Grand Prix 5th July 2010, 12:49
A raft of updates appeared on several of the front-running cars in Valencia. As in 2009 when Brawn dominated the first half of the season with its double diffuser, Red Bull has enjoyed a similar performance advantage this year. The key difference is that in the first few races no-one could put a finger on [...]
Technical review: Canadian Grand Prix 21st June 2010, 9:36
Tyres, not F-ducts, provided the talking point in the Canadian Grand Prix. Guest writer John Beamer reviews the technical developments in the last round. At Montreal conventional wisdom was proven right. McLaren’s straight-line speed advantage, driven by a fully working F-duct and the Mercedes engine (worth up to 30bhp) allowed it to secure a one-two [...]
Technical review: Turkish Grand Prix 6th June 2010, 12:00
How did McLaren get on terms with Red Bull in Istanbul? F1 Fanatic guest writer John Beamer takes a look at the changes to the cars in Istanbul. On the face of it the Turkish Grand Prix should have been an easy one-two for Red Bull. The Milton Keynes-based outfit had almost a second a [...]
New teams have cut the gap to the midfield by a third since Bahrain 4th June 2010, 12:30
When will the new teams catch up with the midfield runners? F1′s three new outfits, led by Lotus, have cut their deficit to the midfield teams by more than a third over the first seven races of 2010.
